Original Home of the Stolley Family

Stolley State Park

Wilhelm Stolley

April 6, 1831 - May 17, 1911

Wilhelmine F. Hagge Stolley

April 21, 1837 - Jan. 31, 1923

Born in Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Friederich, March 26, 1857 - Sept. 25, 1938

Anna H., June 123, 1859 - Apr. 15, 1929

Born in Davenport, ...

The American Royal

Kansas Citians may have hung up their cowboy hats for business suits, but we’re still mighty proud of our “Cowtown” past. In fact, we celebrate it every year with one of the oldest livestock shows in the country – ...

The Murphy Farm

Established 1869

Alexander Murphy 1840-1931

Mollie M. Murphy 1869-1945

Mary Murphy 1834-1908

William J. Murphy 1872-1931

Historical events on the Farm:

Battle of Harpers Ferry

September 13-15, 1862

General Philip Sheridan's Fortification

August 1864 to April 1865

Site of John Brown Fort

1895-1910

Pilgrimage of the

Colored Women's League of Washington, D.C.

July 1896

The ...

The Liberty Memorial

The Liberty Memorial, one of Kansas City’s most recognizable landmarks, is the only major memorial in the United States dedicated to World War I.

In late 1919, when American spirit was at its peak following “the war to end ...

The Evolution of Gettysburg's "Common School"

In 1834 Gettysburg established a "common school" to provide its children with a free elementary education, which over the years evolved into the current Gettysburg Area School System.

Following 23 years of classes being held in multiple private dwellings, the first ...

The Huguenot Memorial Site

In 1562, when France was being torn by religious strife, Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, sent two vessels to the New World in search of a refuge for the oppressed Huguenots. Leading the expedition was the Huguenot explorer, Jean ...

Chapman Abraham / Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War

(front side):Chapman Abraham

During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important center of trade between ...

Aromatherapy

Downtown workers have come to believe that “wake up and smell the coffee” was a phrase coined right here in Kansas City. It’s all thanks to the local Folger Coffee Company Plant, which opened at 701 Broadway in 1938, ...

The Memorial Building

This building was erected by the Lincoln Farm Association from funds obtained by popular subscription, mostly by American school children. The building, designed by John Russell Pope, was constructed 1909-1911 of Connecticut pink granite and Tennessee marble.

Each of the 56 ...

The 1914 S.U.M. Great Falls Power Plant

The Great Falls Power Plant has been generating electricity for nearly 100 years. The plant produces electricity from the energy of falling water. When the plant opened in 1914, its primary purpose was to supply electric power to Paterson’s ...